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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

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1-3 As many as 25% of acute PE cases present as sudden cardiac death. 4 In an emergency department (ED) presentation of cardiac arrest, the diagnosis of PE is challenging without the use of CT angiography. EMS verbalized concern to EPs that an “intracranial bleed” may have precipitated the event. 10,11 Vid 1.